Thanks to GM4LLD, OE5JFE & IZ3GME
Green: System online | Red: System out of service
How to use it? Send a specifically formatted SMS to +32 456 66 55 13
This is a gateway from SMS message to spot on SOTAwatch.
It's a Belgian phone number, so for outside ON or EU costs are likely!
Both SMS versions are supported: the official SOTA and the SPOT SMS way (by HG4UK), using SSO / SOTAwatch3 login.
If you have registered (via SOTA.org.uk) your phone number and callsign with Andy GM4LLD, you can use all features as described here:
SMS Format info: SOTA-SMS-Format
If you have a valid SOTAwatch3 / database login you can use this feature.
Use spaces to separate the values. Frequency must be in kHz. Only one decimal is allowed.
Summit reference must be in format ON/ON-001 (slash and dash are mandatory).
The transmitting mode is optional; the gateway will try to guess it using the IARU Region 1 band plan.
[SOTAwatch3 Username] [SOTAwatch3 Password] [Callsign] [Full Summit Ref] [Frequency in kHz] [Mode] [Comment]
ON4UP pw ON4UP/P ON/ON-001 145500 FM Now QRV
ON4UP spots ON4UP/P on ON/ON-001 using 145.500 MHz FM. Comment: “Now QRV”.
[SOTAwatch3 User] [SOTAwatch3 Password] * [Full Summit Ref] [Frequency in kHz] [Comment]
Note: Only works if your callsign equals your Sotawatch3 username. The * is replaced with the username.
ON4UP pw * ON/ON-001 14285 Peter calling
ON4UP spots himself on ON/ON-001 using 14.285 MHz SSB. Comment: “Peter calling”.
This gateway tool is programmed in Python3 and runs at my home QTH on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with a sim800 module.
The sim800 module communicates via gammu-smsd and hands over the SMS to the script.
Latest spots and status are sent regularly to this website.
This service is provided for free in the best Ham spirit.
ON4UP
Kortenberg, Belgium, JO20GV
on4up at qsl.net
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